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Prometheus vs Tabularis
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars, 10,969 forks, 890 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Tabularis has 5,362 stars, 411 forks, 94 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Prometheus leads on adoption by 1,148% (66,906 vs 5,362 stars). Prometheus is written in Go under Apache-2.0; Tabularis is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Prometheus has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, Tabularis 8%. Prometheus was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Prometheus | Tabularis | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 411 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Prometheus if
- You weight community size — 67K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Tabularis if
- You want the Tabularis feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Tabularis fits your workflow better
About Prometheus
Prometheus Visit prometheus.io for the full documentation, examples and guides. [ ][quay] [ ][hub] Prometheus, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project, is a systems and service monitoring system. It collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals, evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts when specified conditions are observed. The features that distinguish Prometheus from other metrics and monitoring systems are: A multi dimensional data model (time series defined by metric name and set of key/value dimensions) PromQL, a powerful and flexible query language to…
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About Tabularis
tabularis Tabularis is an open source desktop SQL workspace for PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite and 15+ more databases like DuckDB, ClickHouse, Redis and Firestore. Its built in MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and Devin (formerly Windsurf) read your schema and run queries in the same app you already use. README: English Italiano Español 中文 Français Deutsch 日本語 Русский Tagalog 한국어 Português (Brasil) Download Or grab an installer directly: The app UI is available in English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog and Portuguese (Brazilian). Discord: Join our Discord…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Prometheus or Tabularis more popular?
Prometheus has 66,906 GitHub stars and Tabularis has 5,362. Prometheus has the larger community by that measure.
Are Prometheus and Tabularis free?
Both are open source. Prometheus is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Tabularis under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Prometheus and Tabularis?
Prometheus is written in Go and Tabularis in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Prometheus or Tabularis?
Choose Prometheus if you want the larger community (66,906 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Tabularis if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.